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Sequential EVF "tearing" effect - reality or myth?

Started Apr 19, 2016 | Polls thread
SteveY80 Senior Member • Posts: 2,087
Re: Sequential EVF "tearing" effect - reality or myth?

I got used to the sequential EVF rainbow effect on my old Sony A57 - it was something I could live with, despite being very noticeable and a bit unpleasant. The GX7's EVF is pretty dire, but the rainbow effect is only a small part of that.

When I first bought a Sony A77ii I actually found its higher-end OLED EVF's flicker more unpleasant than the A57's rainbow tearing. I'm quite sensitive to flicker -- I always hated CRT monitors set to a low frame rate -- and at 50hz (PAL) the flicker was very obvious in bright scenes. Setting the camera to 60hz (NTSC) improved things a lot.

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